HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS High School Summer Reading 2016 Atlee High School Dear Students and Parents: The Hanover County Public Schools English department believes that summer reading is a good way to develop lifelong reading practices in students, to inspire a love of reading, and to give students common ground for learning at the outset of the school year. To foster a love of reading, contemporary and dynamic texts have been suggested for summer reading. Additionally, we are broadening what summer reading encompasses. We want students reading this summer, and reading doesn’t have to come from just a book. Students can select a title (or titles) from the recommended summer reading list based on their English course, or they may select another type of reading from a magazine, technical manual, website, or online resource. Parents are encouraged to participate in the reading selection. If students or parents have concerns about choosing one of the recommended readings, they may select something else to read. For Standard and Advanced students, summer reading is not required for a grade, but those who read and submit a reading response will receive extra credit for their first 9 weeks’ English grade. Students may choose from a list of options for their reading response. The reading responses should be turned in to their English teachers during the second class block in September to receive the extra credit. Choices of reading responses are found on the next page. Pre-Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement English, and College Composition (Dual Enrollment) students should complete the specific reading assignments for their course, which vary by school, and are mandatory for students in these classes. These book lists are located near the end of this document.

Reading Response Options

Interview

Review It!

Graphic Expression

Create your own interview questions for a character in your story. Then, create the answers to those questions based on what you think your character might say.

Complete an online book review of the story you read. Go to goodreads.com and create an account to review your book!

Take a scene or information from your reading and turn it into a graphic novel! Use digital tools, drawing, or overlay photography to create the graphics in your novel.

Podcast

Directions:

And…...Action!

Create a podcast based on your reading selection. Discuss the impact your reading has on society and the themes that emerged from the reading.

Respond to your summer reading with one or more of the ideas in the squares, or choose your own creative idea!

Create a commercial for your reading material. Your commercial/movie trailer can be written, or you can actually create a commercial and videotape yourself talking about and selling your summer reading selections!

Newspaper Article

Report

Product

Create a front page newspaper story explaining your summer reading choice. Describe your reading selection, give specific details about the reading, and tell what you learned

Answer the following questions in 1-2 well developed paragraphs: Which character is the most believable? Why? Which was the most memorable? Why? How do these characters (or character) propel the plot and theme of the story?

Create a visual representation of your reading. It could be a diagram, a drawing, a skit, a storyboard or any other creative idea!

Rising 9th Grade Reading Selections Standard and Advanced English Courses The Geography of You and Me

Jennifer K. Smith

The Plain Janes (Book 1)

Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg

Crackback

John Coy

*Tears of a Tiger

Sharon Draper

*How They Croaked: the Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

Kevin O’Malley

Sparks fly when sixteen-year-old Lucy Patterson and seventeen-year-old Owen Buckley meet on an elevator rendered useless by a New York City blackout. Soon after, the two teenagers leave the city, but as they travel farther away from each other geographically, they stay connected emotionally, in this story set over the course of one year. YALSA Teen’s Top Ten (2015), Booklist starred (2014) After a bombing in the city, Jane's parents move to a suburb where she befriends three outcasts--all named Jane--and starts a group called People Loving Art in Neighborhoods, which tries to enrich their community with art but instead is viewed as a threat. (Graphic Novel) School Library Journal starred (2007), Booklist starred (2007) When Miles Manning, a successful high school football player, discovers his teammates are using steroids--and one of them is his best friend--he's faced with a tough decision: Is he willing to do what it takes to win? Football is his life, and his family, especially his dad, is pinning its hopes on him. It's a lot of pressure for a high school junior to bear. School Library Journal 2005, Wilson’s Senior High School 2007, Booklist starred 2005 The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident adversely affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving, as well as many others in their school. Contains references to suicide. Notable/Best Books (ALA), School Library Journal, Booklist The graphic details of the gory deaths of nineteen famous people are revealed in a conversational manner in this often humorous, disgustingly appealing book. Readers will be equally engaged and grateful for modern medical remedies! Some slang language references to bodily functions and body parts. YALSA Nonfiction nominee 2012

* May contain objectionable material

Reading Assignment for Pre-IB 9 Read both of the following books: *Find Me Unafraid

Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner

*The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

* May contain objectionable material

DIRECTIONS FOR Find Me Unafraid: All IB students, along with members of our IB faculty, will be participating in discussions of this text in September. We will be working with the summer reading books in class. You may elect to take notes for later use. There is NO required written component to be completed over the summer.

Rising 10th Grade Reading Selections Standard and Advanced English Courses Shelter

Harlan Coben

The Final Four

Paul Volponi

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Tony Cliff

After Mickey witnesses his father's death and his mother's admission into rehab, he is sent to live with his estranged uncle and changes high schools. When Mickey's new girlfriend, Ashley, suddenly disappears Mickey refuses to let another person walk out of his life and follows clues that reveal truths about both Ashley and Mickey's father. Agatha Award Nominee for Best Childrens Young Adult (2011), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult (2012) Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large. School Library Journal starred (March 2012), Booklist starred (February 2012), Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred (March 2012) Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's picked up on the

way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. For Delilah, one adventure leads to the next in this thrilling and funny installment in her exciting life. (Graphic Novel) Booklist starred (2013) When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free. 2009 ALA Popular Paperback List, 2008 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2008 International Reading Association Young Adult Choice List, 2007 PEN USA Literary Award – Finalist, 2007 Children’s Literature Council of Southern California “Fantastic Work of Fiction” Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret. But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide.

Everlost

Neal Shusterman

Kalahari

Jessica Khoury

*I am a Seal Team Six Warrior (special Young Adult edition)

Howard Wasdin, Stephen Templin

Howard Wasdin overcomes a tough childhood to live his dream and enter the exciting and dangerous world of U.S. Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers.

* May contain objectionable material

Reading Assignment for Pre-IB 10 Read both of the first two books listed, and four of the listed short stories: *Find Me Unafraid Fahrenheit 451

Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Ray Bradbury

4 of the following short stories: "A Doctor's Visit" "Who was to Blame?" "The Princess" "The Black Monk" "The Bishop" "The Betrothed" "Gooseberries"

Anton Chekhov

* May contain objectionable material

DIRECTIONS FOR Find Me Unafraid: All IB students, along with members of our IB faculty, will be participating in discussions of this text in September. We will be working with the summer reading books in class. You may elect to take notes for later use. There is NO required written component to be completed over the summer.

Rising 11th Grade Reading Selections Standard and Advanced English Courses Bleachers

John Grisham

*Breathing Underwater

Alex Flinn

*Half Bad

Sally Green

High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. His boys relive their high school days as they mourn their coach’s death. Booklist 2003, New York Times 2003, School Library Journal 2003 Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen year-old Nick recounts his relationship with her, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father. Contains strong language, violence, and references to sexuality. Notable Books (ALA), School Library Journal In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future.

Booklist starred (2014), Junior Library Guild

Shift

Jennifer Bradbury

X-Men: Magneto Testament

Greg Pak

Lincoln’s Last Days: the Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

Bill O’Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Some friends fade away....Others disappear. Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that the two of you get into a fight -- and stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle, go back home, start college. Imagine you think your former best friend does too. Imagine he doesn't. Imagine your world shifting.... Shift is a tour de force -- a literary debut that'll knock the wind out of you as it explores the depths of loyalty, the depths of friendship, and the unknowable depths of another person. Booklist starred 2008, School Library Journal 2008, Virginia Reader’s choice selection, Kirkus Reviews starred 2008, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) 2008 Collects no. 1-5 of "X-Men: Magneto Testament" which relates Magneto's childhood as a Jewish schoolboy in Germany during the reign of the Nazis. (Graphic Novel) Adapted from Bill O’Reilly’s historical thriller, this gripping account of one of America’s most dramatic nights—how one gunshot changed the country forever is accompanied by abundant ilustrations, inlcuding period photographs, maps, and art.

* May contain objectionable material

Reading Assignment for IB 11 Read all three of the following books: *Find Me Unafraid *Station Eleven

Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Emily St. John Mandel

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

* May contain objectionable material

DIRECTIONS FOR Find Me Unafraid: All IB students, along with members of our IB faculty, will be participating in discussions of this text in September. We will be working with the summer reading books in class. You may elect to take notes for later use. There is NO required written component to be completed over the summer.

Rising 12th Grade Reading Selections Standard and Advanced English Courses *Adrift

Paul Griffin

The Christopher Killer

Alane Ferguson

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

Prudence Shen & Faith Erin Hicks

Matt and Mike are best friends, just two working-class guys trying to earn some money in Montauk for the summer. When they meet Driana, JoJo, and Stef, three friends who live a much different life of privilege, worlds collide when the group ventures out to sea aboard a small boat that Stef sneaks out from a neighbor’s dock. As the waves rise and the fragile vessel weakens, things go horribly wrong. Adrift at sea for days, who will have what it takes to survive? Publishers’ Weekly starred (2015) Camryn Mahoney, the eighteen year-old daughter of the town’s coroner, becomes an active participant in the investigation into the murder of one of her close friends. She not only gets an inside look into the world of forensic science, she learns valuable lessons about whom to trust. Contains factual details about an autopsy. Edgar Award 2007, Heartland Award for Excellence in children’s Literature 2007, Black-eyed Susan Book Award 2008-09 Nominee (Maryland State Reading List) When the robotics club and the cheerleaders are both denied funding for their respective organizations on grounds of abominable misbehavior, Nate enrolls the club's robot in a battlebot competition in a desperate bid for prize money that will fund both groups. Nothing

can go wrong ... can it? (Graphic Novel) Booklist starred (2013), School Library Journal starred (2013) We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

*Lockdown

Alexander Gordon Smith

*Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19 Year-Old GI

Ryan Smithson

Each summer the wealthy, seemingly perfect, members of the Sinclair family gather on their private island. We Were Liars is the story of those annual reunions; in particular what happened during a summer that protagonist Cadence is unable to remember. Prejudice, greed, and shifting patriarchal favoritism among the three adult sisters contrasts with the camaraderie and worldview of the teenage cousins and their dear friend Gat. Lazy days of sticky lemonades on the roof and marathon Scrabble games give way to twisty suspense, true love, and good intentions gone horribly wrong. Goodreads Choice 2014 winner Futuristic. Alex, a 14-year-old who has been involved in crime for several years, describes his life in a notorious underground prison a mile below the surface of the earth where he and other teen boys are incarcerated for life. Alex and his savvy cellmate devise an escape plan. Themes: fear, brutallity and loyalty. Students looking for a fast-paced read that deal in the consequences of bad decisions, prison life and survival will be drawn to this book. There are graphic descriptions of the violence of the prison officials, guards and inmates, though none of the scenes are gratuitous. Award winning British author Follows young man’s journey as he joins the reserves following 9-11, his thought process about which service he chooses, and why he marries after boot camp. This mature young man tells the story of deployment to Iraq. Contains mildly graphic descriptions and mildly strong language. Starred Review: School Library Journal

* May contain objectionable material

Reading Assignment for IB 12 Read all three of the following books: *Find Me Unafraid The Stranger

Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Albert Camus

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

* May contain objectionable material

DIRECTIONS FOR Find Me Unafraid: All IB students, along with members of our IB faculty, will be participating in discussions of this text in September.

We will be working with the summer reading books in class. You may elect to take notes for later use. There is NO required written component to be completed over the summer.

Reading Assignment for AP11 Students should choose a book from the provided AP list. Additionally, students must complete the Rhetorical Analysis vocabulary assignment. AP Language and Composition is a college course that focuses on the reading and analysis of non-fiction texts. Non-fiction is defined as writing about actual events, people, and subjects. Students are reminded that this high-level course requires students to work independently. Corresponding assignments should reflect one’s own work. Your Summer Reading assignment is to read and reflect on a nonfiction book of your choice from the list below. These recommended selections include choices from Time Magazine’s and The New York Times’ “Top 100 Non-Fiction Books,” from former AP Language student recommendations, and from the current bestseller list. The Atlee library owns many of them! You are welcome to choose from this list for your choice book or choose another book based on your interests. Biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy Memoir Riding the Bus with my Sister by Rachel Simon The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis Philosophy Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain Six Questions of Socrates : A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through the World by Christopher Phillips Science and Medicine The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach Politics, History and Military History Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko Humor Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell King of the Mild Frontier by Chris Crutcher Yes Please by Amy Phoeler Business Against Thrift: Why Consumer Culture is Good for the Economy, the Environment, and Your Soul by James Livingston Branded Beauty: How Marketing Changed the Way We Look by Mark Tungate Sports The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Computers and Gaming In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy All Your Base are Belong To Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture by Harold Goldberg Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell Family and Relationships 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman Best Friends, Occasional Enemies: The Lighter Side of Life as a Mother and Daughter by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella Nature A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver True Crime The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglass Starr Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe Travel The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy

See the next two pages for the written component of your summer reading assignment.

There are two required assignments: 1. 2.

PASTA for your nonfiction book Define the rhetorical analysis terms

Analyze your book using an AP strategy: PASTA (Purpose, Audience, Subject, Tone, Authorial bias) is an acronym for the series of questions that a reader must ask him/herself before analyzing nonfiction. Read the descriptions below and answer the questions for each bulleted prompt. This will be graded for completion at the start of the year; however, through the first weeks of school you will use these responses to write a full analysis of your book. What is the Purpose? (The reason behind the text) As you are reading, analyze the purpose/argument/claim of the writer.  What is the author’s purpose for writing this book? What does he or she want the reader to know or understand as a result of reading it? Explain your reasoning. Who is the Audience? (The group of readers to whom this piece is directed) As you are reading, determine to whom this piece is directed. How do you know who the audience is? How is the audience defined? Discuss how the writer demonstrates understanding of the audience and how he or she uses that understanding to accomplish his or her goals.  Who is the audience?  How do you know? What is the Subject? (The general topic, content, and ideas contained in the text)  You should be able to state the subject in a few words or phrases. What is the Tone? (The attitude of the author) As you are reading, analyze the attitude of the writer. Examine the choice of words, emotions expressed, and imagery used.  Identify two tones the author creates in the text.  For each tone, find one example from the text illustrating the tone. Sample tone words: These are just a sample of different tone words. There are many more tone words that you may use. animated ambivalent apathetic accusatory angry amused disapproval aggressive bitter cautionary belligerent assertive distressed adapted arrogant detached awestruck admiring admiring assertive comical depressed ardent earnest nostalgic benevolent optimistic cynical condescending disheartened empathetic disparaging unbiased

What is the Authorial bias? (The voice that tells the story & how it tells the story) As you are reading, consider the authority and credibility of the writer. How does the writer establish his or her credibility in the text?  Find 3 specific passages that establish the writer as a trustworthy and/or qualified speaker.  Below each quote, explain how the passage establishes the writer’s credibility.

Rhetorical Analysis Vocabulary To prepare for your close reading of nonfiction in AP, you should come in on the first day familiar with the terms listed below. Create a three-columned chart in Google docs through your HCPS google account with the word, definition, and an example. Come prepared to class on the first day of school with this assignment printed. There are many websites that are dedicated to rhetorical techniques; you are welcome to use any example that you find there. You can also use your knowledge from anything else you have read or viewed. Remember, this is your own work; you should not seek help from a friend. RHETORICAL BASICS Tone Assertion Claim Counterclaim Thesis Syntax Diction Connotation Denotation Style Figurative Language Structure Argument Repetition Ethos Logos Pathos

SYNTAX Antecedent Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences Declarative/Exclamatory/Interrogative Sentence Ellipses Active/Passive Voice Appositive Parentheses

PURPOSE Describe Explain Inform Persuade Entertain Cause/Effect Compare/Contrast

STRUCTURE Anecdote Allegory Satire Comparison Juxtaposition Extended metaphor Analogy

BALANCE Parallel Structure Chiasmus Antithesis

SATIRE Persona Hyperbole Wit/Humor Parody Caricature Innuendo Irony Juxtaposition Mockery Overgeneralization Sarcasm Understatement

EMPHASIS Climax Concrete Details (instead of abstractions) Asyndeton Polysyndeton Irony (also appears in Satire) Understatement (also appears in Satire) Hyperbole (also appears in Satire) Emphatic Word Order Rhetorical Question

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Simile Analogy Metaphor Synecdoche Personification Allusion Apostrophe Paradox

Reading Assignment for AP 12 Your Summer Reading assignment is to read one of the AP novels and one other novel of your choice. You will then use the reference book How to Read Literature Like a Professor and apply its concepts to both novels. Required Text

Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading between the Lines. Revised ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 2014. Print. Note: It is not necessary to read this entire book; rather, use this book as a reference to analyze your two novels.

AP Novels (choose ONE)

*The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd *The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin *The Memory-Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards *Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel * May contain objectionable material

Choice book Read any novel of your choice

ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS: 1. After you finish reading each novel, review it and find a significant passage (from one to three paragraphs) that relates in some way to one of the chapters from How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Each of your passages must relate to a different chapter. You should find two passages total--one from each novel. 2. For each passage, write a one-page response paper (typed and double spaced), applying the ideas and approaches in the relevant chapter of How to Read Literature to your analysis of and response to the passage. For example, you might discuss the description of people coming in to dinner at the beginning of The Great Gatsby in relation to Foster’s discussion of meals often being a kind of communion, a coming together of a community. 3. Title each response with the name of the chapter from How to Read Literature. At the top of the page, quote the passage from your novel (at the least include the first and last sentence of the passage) and cite the page number in parentheses.

For Standard and Advanced classes: There are many excellent sources of additional titles to choose from if you don’t see something you like on the list. Virginia Readers’ Choice 2014-15 www.vsra.org/virginia‐readers‐choice/nominate‐vote/ Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 2014 www.ala.org/yalsa/ Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network Recommended Reading Lists: http://www.haisln.org/images/HAISLN_9th‐10th_grade_2015.PDF http://www.haisln.org/images/HAISLN_11th‐12th_2015.PDF

In addition to these links for alternate book choices, below is a list of other types of reading that may be chosen for summer reading.  

American Cheerleader magazine Sports Illustrated magazine

 Thrasher Skateboarding magazine  Teen Ink magazine  Field and Stream magazine  Buzzfeed.com  theSkimm.com  wonderopolis.org Students can use their Pamunkey Regional Library card for FREE digital magazine access. The use of the free online magazines requires students to use their Pamunkey Regional Library card and download the Zinio app on their phone. Many of these magazines are also available for checkout in any of the public libraries in Hanover County. Please note that links to these lists are provided as a convenience for students and parents. Hanover County Public Schools has not read or specifically endorses these lists. It is possible that some titles may contain objectionable material. If students decide not to read titles from the Hanover County recommended list, parents and students are encouraged to review the book’s content prior to making a selection.